Best Comfort Food Restaurants in Near North

Our meal at Girl & the Goat was wonderful! The service was friendly and helpful. He knew the menu and ensured our experience delicious. We began our dinner with the naan. The dips served alongside were excellent. Next we enjoyed the chickpea fritters that we crisp with creamy inside, accented by pomegranate. We definitely wanted to try the goat empanadas, and were glad that we did. Our next course that we enjoyed were the wood-fired mussels. The broth was delicious. We ended with the roasted pig face. Our server enticed us with dessert. We finished our meal with the apple hand pie. Overall, we loved this place.

The experience was out of this world. Understandably my boyfriend and I weren’t able to get a reservation for Valentine’s Day so we set one for the day after. We were seated quickly in a cozy booth in a beautifully decorated room. We started with the oysters - the mignonette was delightful! We also shared the steak tartare which we were a little intimidated by at first but really enjoyed. Before dinner I had the professional martini and it really was the perfect drink, followed by their Robert Pampignac Brut with dinner - my boyfriend usually only drinks beer and he said it was unreal! For the main course my boyfriend ordered the venison burger and I ordered the scallops. Both of us were wowed by the quality and flavors of our entrees, everything was perfectly cooked! Our server Iryna was friendly and attentive, she has waited on me in the past and it was such a treat to be served by her again. The Gage has become our favorite restaurant. We can’t wait to visit again!

Amazing as always. No matter the location I always enjoy my food & the atmosphere. I celebrated my birthday with them & they started me off with birthday sparkles then the manager made sure to stop by with an extra serving of ice cream with my birthday cookies. Overall one of the best experiences I’ve had.

Great to hear live music. Paul Marinaro quartet were amazing. Service very good and food and wine good enough. We will be back ! Glad there is a podium ask to keep voices down but some could have used a reminder during the set

We stoped by to vermilion for a amazing dinner. We started with a tamarind paneer and kale bhel. They gave complimentary masala fries that where a amazing and a nice gesture plus two pani puri margaritas that where refreshing. Then we had our main course, lobster Portuguese for the wife with this amazing coconut goan gravy and lemon rice. I had tamarind ribs they where cooked to perfection with a mango and watermelon slaw with mint and a touch of lime that went perfect with ribs. To finish we had a chocolate cake with cotton candy and side of chocolate sauce to pour on top that was delicious called ceiling smasher.